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The Exploris School

The Exploris School Board Regular Monthly Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday December 15, 2022 at 4:30 PM EST

Location

The Exploris School: Elementary Campus

17 S Swain St, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA

5th Grade Classroom

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Eric Grunden 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Steven Darroch 1 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Eric Grunden 2 m
    Approve minutes for The Exploris School Board Regular Monthly Meeting on October 27, 2022  
  D. Public Comment   Steven Darroch 15 m
   

PUBLIC COMMENT

Fifteen minutes will be allocated on the agenda for public input at each meeting. Additional time may be added at the discretion of the Chair.

Public comment may be oral, in person, or in written form to be read by the Chair.
Public comment is limited to no more than 3 minutes per person.
It is recommended that public comment be written out and provided to the board following the three minutes to ensure the entire message is heard by the board. 

Each speaker will clearly state their full name and county of residence.

All public comment should be factual and should not include personally identifiable 
information of students or personnel in order to maintain confidentiality. Speakers 
should avoid using names of students or staff and maintain confidentiality and 
privacy standards.

All public comments will be taken under advisement by the Board, but will not elicit 
an immediate written or spoken response. The names of persons providing public comment and
a brief summary of topics or input will be included in the meeting minutes published.

A response will be provided to the stakeholder within seven (7) days.

Specific issues about a particular student or teacher should be addressed to the elementary or middle school director, rather than the Board of Directors.

  
  E. Invited Presentation: Charter Success Partners   Alannah Rodriguez 30 m
   

Cory Draughon from Charter Success Partners will join us to present about public charter school financing.

  
II. Committee Reports 5:19 PM
  A. Governance Discuss Ryan Boyce 10 m
  B. Finance Report Vote Koren Morgan 10 m
   
  • Monthly Financial Reports
  
  C. Educational Excellence FYI Eric Grunden 5 m
  D. Director Evaluation & Support Discuss Steven Darroch 5 m
  E. Equity & Diversity Discuss Mark Townley 5 m
  F. Facilities Discuss Theo Kingsberry 5 m
III. Meeting Items 5:59 PM
  A. Directors Report FYI Deborah Brown 10 m
   
  • Monthly Report & Updates (The Directors Report will not be made verbally during meetings. Please review the written report prior to the meeting. We will answer questions and provide critical updates and vote on any requested items.)
  
  B. Board Development (The presentation from Charter Success Partners takes the place of this month's Board Development)
   

We will designate about ten minutes of each regular monthly meeting for topics and presenters that will help Exploris Board members better connect to and understand the work of the school. 

  
  C. Board Business Discuss Steven Darroch 10 m
   
  1. General Discussions

 

  
  D. COVID-19 Communications Discussion and Vote Vote Josh Corbat 15 m
   

Exploris Leadership is proposing that we scale back our COVID-19 response to no longer include communication (i.e., emails) about individual cases. Further, the team is suggesting that our COVID dashboard be scaled back to not include a running total of active cases. Leadership would like the Board to discuss and give guidance on when COVID-related communications will occur, possibly setting a threshold of the number of active cases.

  
IV. Closed Session 6:34 PM
  A. Facilities & Legal Items Discuss Theo Kingsberry 15 m
   
  • Updates on Facilities
  
V. Closing Items 6:49 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote